Extracorporeal shock wave treatment (ESWT) accelerates re-epithelialization in wounds.
Here, cutaneous blood velocity was significantly increased by 152.8% at a remote body location.
Postcapillary venous filling pressure remained statistically unchanged at the remote location.
Cutaneous tissue oxygen saturation increased by 12.7% at the remote location.
ESWT might be beneficial in disseminated and extensive wounds by remote effects.